Resilience comes when we accept what is unchangeable but don't accept that everything is unchangeable What makes some people resilient and some people weak? It’s [...]
When work doesn't work detachment works Sometimes, we work at something, yet nothing seems to work. We struggle to improve a relationship, but things keep [...]
Just as bigotry can blind emotionally ideology can blind intellectually In today’s social justice ethos, if someone makes a racist or sexist statement, they are [...]
The mind overpowers us by making us believe that we are powerless Suppose a person about to confront an opponent is told that their opponent [...]
Opinions are like onions - know when they need to be sealed and when peeled When we have an opinion about something, we may hold [...]
Reason can't reach beyond reason but it can give us reason to reach beyond reason Reason, or our rational faculty, is said to be the [...]
Seek God's help for doing his will or you will need his help to get out of the trouble you get into because of not [...]
Seeking requires believing: believing that something worth seeking exists and that we have the capacity to find it Some people say, “Be a seeker, not [...]
The night after a quake the stars still shine in the sky - don't let the misery of your life blind you to the beauty [...]
Fanatics use God’s name to give God a bad name The news often reports how religious fanatics kill innocent people and justify their barbarity in [...]
Those who don't respect themselves are most agitated when others don't respect them When others disrespect us, we naturally feel hurt. But some people go [...]
We have to risk going too far to know how far we can go Suppose we are seeking something that requires effort and involves risk. [...]
More damaging than the lies we tell others are the lies we tell ourselves Suppose someone has diabetes and they secretly eat desserts. If they [...]
To savor what is most sweet we often need to shed the most sweat If we want to eat food, we need to earn it. [...]
Some people get many insights from one sight others don’t get even one insight from many sights Some people learn so much from small incidents [...]
To live life fully leave life regularly – take breaks before life breaks you Suppose we use a machine continuously without turning it off. If [...]
We relapse not because we are witless or will-less but because we are weapon-less When we make resolutions to give up some unhealthy indulgence, we [...]
Be childlike not childish Children have a charm to them. They have an innocence and freshness to them that lightens and brightens the world around [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now the next verse reveals [...]
Appreciating others’ achievement fosters extrinsic self-worth appreciating their commitment fosters intrinsic self-worth Suppose we are guiding someone, as when we are parents guiding our children. [...]
Our future is shaped not so much by how many options we have as by how well we choose among the options we do have [...]
